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iamb

[ahy-am, ahy-amb] / ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb /
NOUN
iambic pentameter
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All I can say is, iamb happy to have been there for it.

From Washington Post Nov. 17, 2022

That’s the spirit of the terrible, wonderful “Desperate Measures”: Have iamb, will travel.

From New York Times Oct. 16, 2017

Standing at the front of the book, that final iamb, so exquisitely delayed, serves as an introduction to a style that puts profound weight on individual words.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2013

And since no such definite musical valuation can be given to English feet, a Greek iamb and an English iamb are obviously different.

From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum

Is the imperial iamb laid to rest, And the young trochee, having done enough?

From The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke by Rupert Brooke




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